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For turbulent flows, the energy transfer between large and small whirls depends on the dimension of the fluid. Imposing large-scale shear on a three-dimensional system can unexpectedly induce two-dimensional behaviour.

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Figure 1: Downscale and upscale energy transfers.
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H. KELLAY, LOMA, UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1

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  1. Hamid Kellay is at Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine, Université Bordeaux 1, 33405 Talence, France.,

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Kellay, H. Thick puddle made thin. Nature Phys 7, 279–280 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1948

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